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sal notice to rank and file; inade
quate fire protection; makeshift or
unattractive lunch, hospital and rest
rooms; lack of attention to physical
needs of mature workers, such as
separate lunch rooms and special
quiet rooms for relaxation of women;
instruction talks and conferences
'after hours'; no general plan for
summer vacations with pay; absence
of trained welfare workers and or
ganized, 'persevering effort, and in
difference or ignorance on the part of
many responsible heads concerning
high and correct standards of wel
fare work."
Was a stronger condemnation of
department stores as they are today
than this ever written?
Has,, anyone ever brought more
serious charges against the depart
ment stores than those leading, this
long list of the wrongs done the
working girl?
So far as the connection between
department stores and vice is con
cerned, who ever used stronger ce
ment to make that connection than
the first of the National Civic Federa
tion's charges: The long workday,
including Christmas and general
overtime work; slow promotions; in
sufficient pay of a large class after
the apprenticeship period; the fining
system; the docking system; no dis
missal notice to rank and file
Why these are the very meat of the
charges of every economist against
the department stores; these are the
very things that every man and wo
man who has a heart in him or her
has cried out against; there are the
wrongs that led to the O'Hara com
missions probe into the department
store of Chicago with its revolting
revelation; these are the very es
sence of the indictment of the multi
millionaire department store owners
who tried to get the National Civic
Federation to throw a sop to their
guilty consciences.
A right FUNNY thing in connec
tion with the report is the way in
which the Chicago trust newspapers
rushed into print with it, proclaiming
it by big headlines as an exoneration
of the stores and a proof that the
stores pay above the breadline wages.
JOSEPH FISH AMONG THIRTEEN
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
Joseph Fish, millionaire head of
the firm of Joseph Fish & Co., public
fire insurance adjusters, 39 S. LaSalle
street, was named in e.ach of thirteen
indictments returned 'by the grand
jury today against alleged members
of the "arson trust."
David Korshak, fugitive fire bug;
Israel Schafner and Benjamin Fish
were also indicted.
The indictments against Fish
charge arson, burning to defraud,
conspiracy to obstruct public justice
and accessory after the fact He is
accused, with others, of spiriting
David Korshak, alleged "torch," out
of the country after he had been
indicted and ' released on bonds of
$30,000. Korshak is reported to be
in China, and is said to be receiving
$200 a month from alleged members
of the arson trust.
Mrs. Korshak, who knew the de
tails of her husband's business, gave
most of the testimony on which the
indictments were returned. She is
being guarded by officers from the
state's attorney's office.
BITSOFNEWS
Athens, O. Fireman Walter
Reeder killed in collision between
two B. & O. trains at Guysville.
Montgomery, Mo. Mrs. Mary
Slavens, 16, a widow, took bichloride
of mercury because mother would
not let her marry Wesley Sherman,
17. Expected to die.
St. Louis. Frank Dubois refused
to take wife to picnic. DiH not tell
her it was stag affair. She took mer
cury bichloride and is dying.
Thornton, la. Mrs. W. H. Parish,
son Thornton, daughter Lora. injured
when thei rauto ran into calf and
turned turtle.